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What could top a season where Abington Heights boys tennis coach Tom Lavelle saw his team go undefeated, snap Scranton Prep's 78-match win streak, surpass 50 wins in its own active streak and bring home five District 2 medals?

How about the birth of the first child for Tom and his wife, Ericka?

Declan Xavier Lavelle was born May 15 at 8:22 a.m., weighing 6.5 pounds and 19 inches. âWhen the doctor slapped Declan, he reportedly responded with a two-fisted backhand just inside the baseline.

Storms and softball

Former Riverside softball coach Dave Adomiak surely will have some interesting stories to tell when he returns from the women's softball College World Series in Oklahoma City.

Adomiak and his longtime assistant coach, Steve Petrunich, were there to watch the games - Adomiak's second straight trip there - but it may have been a little too much action as a night of severe storms in central Oklahoma forced postponement of Friday's action. The tournament did resume Saturday.

In his dad's footsteps

Gregory Hine, an 8-year-old who lives in Forks Twp., is following the footsteps of his father, Greg, as a track and field standout.

A member of the Lehigh Valley CYO team, the younger Hine won a gold medal in the 100-meter dash in 17.92 seconds and a bronze medal in the 400 with a time of 1:28.72, and was a member of the gold-medal winning 400 relay team at the CYO District 1 championship meet.

The Lehigh Valley CYO is a development program with more than 1,000 participants from kindergarten through eighth grade.

During his career at Lakeland High School, Greg Hine won four District 2 gold medals in his junior year, two more as a senior and was a multiple state-medal winner in the 400.

D&H half marathon

A few months ago I mentioned the Pocono Lake Region half marathon on Sept. 29 giving area runners another distance-race option beside the Steamtown Marathon.

That neglected the D&H Distance Run, a half marathon slated Sept. 8 on the D&H Rail-Trail, starting in Forest City.

The event is limited to 325 runners and is $40 for those registered by Aug. 18. For information, call 679-9300, or check the web at www.nepa-rail-trails.org, and be sure to include the hyphens.

Contact the writer: mmyers@timesshamrock.com @mmyersTT on Twitter

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